- Chief of Staff to the Adamawa State Governor defends placing the governor’s picture on rice bags to prevent diversion
- Edgar Amos highlights the advantages of branding food items with the governor’s photograph to deter black market sales
Edgar Amos, Chief of Staff to Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, has defended the decision to put the governor’s picture on bags of rice distributed to the public as palliatives.
The Federal Government had released money and food items to states in response to the hardship caused by the removal of the fuel subsidy.
Governors have been distributing the items and handing out money to residents of their states, though there has been some debate about the value of the items distributed.
In an interview with Channels TV, Amos stated that the governor’s picture was placed on rice sacks to ensure that the food items were not diverted or sold on the black market.
He said;
It is an argument for those who are already comfortable, by the way we see the photographs of Tinubu in all the offices of the country, whether you voted for Tinubu or not he is the president of Nigeria and you have his photographs.
This is the governor of Adamawa State, whether you voted for him or not you have his photographs in offices, by the way, it has advantages, it means that somebody who wants to go and sell it in the market will not do so because it is already branded. It is a way of checking the abuse in the process.
And this is the governor that is loved by the people, so you see picture of the one you love and eat the rice from the bag, so be it. Who do you think his photographs will be on the rice and it will be better sell for instance?
Anybody who is hungry and is questioning the photographs on the bag of rice is not hungry man, definitely he is not, I don’t think the hungry man will question the photographs on the bag of rice.